Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$5,171,093

Total expenses

$5,401,923

Contributions and grants received

$5,094,766

Grants paid

$3,982,620

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$40,672

Other revenue

$35,655

Total assets, end of year

$3,989,974

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,278,396

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,711,578

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,526,163

Management and general expenses

$559,937

Fundraising expenses

$315,823

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,526,163

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• UNITED WAY OF KAW VALLEY SERVES THE PEOPLE OF SHAWNEE, DOUGLAS, JACKSON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. WE PAIR INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE DONATIONS WITH STATE AND NATIONAL GRANT DOLLARS TO CREATE AND CULTIVATE AN UNBREAKABLE NETWORK OF SUPPORT FOR STRONG, HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES. EACH YEAR UWKV INVESTS AND MANAGES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP ENSURE THAT REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE EVERY FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL HAS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES TO LIVE, LEARN AND THRIVE. THAT CAN LOOK LIKE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE: -HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE -HIGH-QUALITY PRESCHOOL -PARENTING EDUCATION AND SUPPORT -PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE -FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION -JOB TRAINING -FAMILY SUPPORTS/BASIC NEEDS IN TIMES OF INSTABILITY WE HELP FAMILIES TODAY WHILE KNOWING THAT WE MUST ALSO CHANGE THE SYSTEMS THAT PERPETUATE INEQUITY AND GENERATIONAL DISADVANTAGE. WE THINK AND ACT STRATEGICALLY ABOUT VOLUNTEERING TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE LOCAL NONPROFIT COMMUNITY TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WE CONVENE CONVERSATIONS AMONG DONORS, PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF OUR GREATEST CHALLENGES AND TO GENERATE BETTER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND ACHIEVABLE SOLUTIONS. THESE CONVERSATIONS MUST INCLUDE STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE USED COMMUNITY SERVICES AND UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THEM. THAT EXPERIENCE HAS VALUE, AND THOSE STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONVERSATION. WE INVEST LOCALLY IN PARTNERS WHOSE WORK SUPPORTS OUR ASPIRATIONS. INVESTMENTS ARE COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC, SUPPORTING STRATEGIES GUIDED BY LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IN EACH COUNTY. DOLLARS RAISED IN A COMMUNITY/COUNTY REMAIN IN THAT COMMUNITY UNLESS A DONOR DESIGNATES OTHERWISE. TO BEST SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND EFFECTIVELY LIVE UNITED, UWKV COMMITS TO PLACING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR WORK, INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. UWKV ADDS VALUE TO THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY BY LEADING AND ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION, BY SHARING RESOURCES AND CAPACITY AND BY FOCUSING MANY PARTNERS ON PROBLEMS THAT WOULD OVERWHELM ANY SINGLE AGENCY. UWKV FORGES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN AND AMONG PARTNERS AND DONORS. UWKV SHARES ITS ACCUMULATED KNOWLEDGE WITH ITS PARTNERS IN THE MUTUAL PURSUIT OF SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE FAMILY IN ALL ITS FORMS. SUCCEEDING IN THAT PURSUIT ALSO REQUIRES THAT UWKV LISTEN TO, LEARN FROM, AND AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST IN NEED AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED OR EVEN SILENCED. UWKV RECOGNIZES THAT EVERYONE IN ITS UNITED WAY COMMUNITY BRINGS VALUE TO ITS MISSION. IT UNDERSTANDS THAT EACH EMPLOYEE, DONOR, VOLUNTEER, PARTNER AND STAKEHOLDER BRINGS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES PERSPECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS ON THEIR UNITED WAY JOURNEY. UWKV RESPECTS AND ENCOURAGES INSIGHT AND PARTICIPATION FROM ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UWKV ALSO INVESTS IN DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT BOTH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR NONPROFIT PEERS, INCLUDING: -MANAGING AND PROVIDING AT NO COST TO USERS AN ONLINE VOLUNTEER MATCHING SERVICE. -COORDINATING THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS EACH YEAR THROUGH ONGOING BOARD AND COMMITTEE OPPORTUNITIES, CORPORATE VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIAL VOLUNTEER EVENTS, INCLUDING NANCY PERRY DAY OF CARING, WHICH ANNUALLY SUPPLIES AROUND 1,000 CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR NONPROFIT PROJECTS. -SUPPORTING THE VITA PROGRAM THAT HELPS PEOPLE GET THEIR TAX RETURNS PREPARED FOR FREE. THIS PROGRAM BRINGS 10 MILLION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF SAVED PREPARATION FEES TAX REFUNDS AND EARNED INCOME CREDITS. -INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT COMMUNITY BY BUILDING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS WHO EFFICIENTLY AND EMPATHETICALLY CONNECT OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED TO THE PARTNERS AND PROGRAMS THAT CAN BEST SERVE THEM. -CONVENING REGULAR NO- OR LOW-COST COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTIONS AND CAPACITY OF THE SERVICE NETWORK IN OUR REGION. -ADMINISTERING THE SHAWNEE COUNTY CHRISTMAS BUREAU. -ADMINISTERING AND FUNDRAISING FOR DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY IN SHAWNEE COUNTY. -COORDINATING THE JUNIOR LEADER READER PROGRAM (A PROGRAM OF UWKV'S YOUNG LEADERS SOCIETY) WHERE EVERY YEAR VOLUNTEERS READ TO THOUSANDS OF PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS, EACH OF WHOM RECEIVE A FREE BOOK. UWKV TAKES PRIDE IN KEEPING INTERNAL COSTS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE, SO DONOR DOLLARS ARE USED EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT SERVICE, DONOR DOLLARS SUPPORT CORE SERVICES INCLUDING GRANT MANAGEMENT AND FISCAL OVERSIGHT, STRATEGIC VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT, LOCAL AND STATE ADVOCACY, DONOR AND PARTNER COMMUNICATION, AND CONTINUED COMMUNITY COLLABORATION THAT LEADS US TO NEW AND BETTER SOLUTIONS.

  Expenses $4,526,163 · Grants $3,982,620

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

• CHILD CARE AWARE OF EASTERN KANSAS

  $794,277

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• TARC

  $553,328

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY ACTION INC

  $485,945

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• SHAWNEE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

  $387,103

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• USD 501 - TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $279,311

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• KANSAS CHILDREN'S SERVICE LEAGUE

  $154,403

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• PATTERSON FAMILY CHILD CARE CENTER

  $85,752

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• TOPEKA RESCUE MISSION

  $76,605

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• USD 345 - SEAMAN

  $72,333

  GENERAL SUPPORT

• SPARKWHEEL

  $68,926

  GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520919349300542

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